Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: To Make A Difference
Date: Tuesday January 31, 2012
Today's Chapters: Leviticus 11-13
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All Scripture quoted from the King James Version.

Hello My Friend,

Those who believe in Jesus Christ and have accepted Him as their personal Savior are children of the one and only Almighty, Living God. That means we have the Spirit of God dwelling inside of us, that means God dwells inside of us. Naturally, since we are children of God that means we are to act like children of God, meaning just as He is holy, we are to be holy. In other words, we are to separate ourselves from the world, to be make a difference and be clean.

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

God gave the Jews specific instructions on what food they were allowed to eat or even touch. Every creature of God's is good and made for a purpose, all the way down to fly, but God did not want His people to consume or touch certain animals that would defile their bodies and make them unclean, which means foul, dirty, or filthy.

“And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth...For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.” -Leviticus 11:1,2,44-47.

The reason the Jews were to follow this law was to make a difference, to set them apart from the rest of the world. Many of these animals were objects of superstition and idolatry to the heathen, which was all an abomination to God. The laws, however, were probably primarily for sanitary reasons and necessary to the good of the people. We are no longer subject to this law, but the same concept still applies, do not consume or touch anything that would make a body unclean, today, some of these things would be alcohol, drugs, pornography, adultery, and fornication. “What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” - 1 Corinthians 6:16-20.

From uncleanness contracted by the touching or eating certain animals, God now comes to the uncleanness which arises from ourselves. Every person born, except Jesus, is born into sin from the second they are conceived, not necessarily by conception, but simply through our human nature, it seems unfair that the second we are brought into this world we are considered sinners, but that curse got passed down to us through Adam and Eve. When a woman had a child she was considered unclean and had to go through a purification process.

“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.” - Leviticus 2-5.

The purifying of her blood refers to the complete purification of a woman's body after she gives birth, which took about forty days if she gave birth to a male and eighty for a female. It is called the blood of her purifying because of the expulsion of unclean blood, which is referred to as menstruation. The reason a woman had to wait twice as long was to keep the female population from getting larger than the male. Today, there is only one way to be purified and that is through the blood of Jesus Christ. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” - 1 John 1:7.

God did not just single out women, men too were to keep their bodies pure as well, if they weren't they would become leprous. “When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean...And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.” - Leviticus 13:2,3,45.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that affects and controls the entire body, it starts out as a small white spot then slowly eats through a persons muscle, causing the nervous system to shut down as well as hair loss and even the loss of limbs. If a person had leprosy he had to avoid everyone that was clean and yell out unclean by anyone he passed. Sin is like leprosy, it starts out small and slowly takes control of the person, and it is infectious, it causes others to sin and or be exposed to the sin. Could you imagine getting a disease that spreads your entire body because you exposed yourself to sin and having to separate yourself from everyone and yell out unclean if someone came near you? Talk about separation?

Therefore, as children of the Almighty, Living God we are to still separate ourselves from the world, we are to make a difference, be the people God wants us to be. Show the world that it is a great thing to be a child of the Almighty Living God. “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” -1 Peter 1:13-19.

Today's Psalm: 119:9 - “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”

Today's Proverb: 16:2 - “All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”

Today's Prayer: God, Thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus, to walk on this earth and show us the way to You. It is only through Him that we have forgiveness and hope of eternal life when we confess that we are sinners and ask Him to cleanse us. Now, as one of Your children, show me how You want me to live, teach me to be obedient to Your commands, keep me from exposing myself to sin, and help me to remain separated from the uncleanness of the world and to make a difference as you day by day cleanse me from all that defiles my mind, body, and spirit. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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